You will find my review of seasons one and two of the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy in The Wasteland archives. And there you will see that I bloody loved it! To date, I have watched every episode properly twice and my favourite episodes 3 or 4 times. It was really only a matter of … Continue reading The Umbrella Academy: Darkhorse Comics
When it is a director's second, or sophomore movie, if you like, there is a lot of unfair pressure that finds people comparing the new work to the first one. Especially if that first work has set you up as the saviour of a particular genre, as was the case with Jordan Peele. Get Out … Continue reading Us
Another new feature for Wednesdays! Imagine aliens have landed and understand nothing of our history, who we are, and why we do what we do. Nominate one film that you would show to an alien to explain humanity. It can be anything at all, from any period, in any genre. No reasons needed - let … Continue reading Alien Rec’s: No.1
My relationship with Laurel & Hardy is a tentative one. I do enjoy their short films, full of ingenuity and genuinely funny moments. But, they'd be down the list a bit for me on the greatest black and white comedy stars - Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, then the Marx Brothers maybe, then the slapstick duo next, … Continue reading Stan & Ollie
A new feature on The Wasteland - Each Monday I will induct a new person into the Hall of Fame and give a concise explanation of why they deserve their place in the pantheon of cultural media legends. It is not restricted to actors or movies, it could be a musician, an artist an author, … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #1 Jack Nicholson
Yes, Sunday 24th January 2021 marks the 100th post on this iteration of The Wasteland! This is it - this is the 100th post - ironic and post modern or what!?It has taken just over a year to do so, which makes it a 2 post average a week, and that includes periods during lockdown … Continue reading 100th Post
As the owner of an Amazon Fire stick for a few years now, I would say it is my main & best source of watching films and TV. I have always found there is a mine of quality in the back catalogue of Amazon Prime that doesn't exist on Netflix, or others, for a very … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Vintage BFI Movies
Anyone who watched and enjoyed the entirely silly, but mostly genius, original film version of this, written and directed by the same partnership of Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi, should not miss this show! Although Clement and Waititi step down from acting duties (aside from cameo appearences), they are replaced by the ideal, if not … Continue reading What We Do in the Shadows
As I have already stated in my review of season one of The Boys, it is a show that I have found compelling to watch without actually liking or thinking it is necessarily very good. The premise was intriguing, and threw up some pretty interesting dramatic conflicts in the first season. But it was obvious … Continue reading The Boys: Season 2
If you check back in the archives of The Wasteland you will see that from time to time I do find myself down the dark, fascinating yet morbid rabbit hole of true crime documentary. I do find the majority of them a little ghoulish, but when done particularly well they can become incredible insights into … Continue reading Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil & Vile
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